General Pathology

The course of General Pathology aims to provide the tools and elements to analyze the etiopathogenesis of human diseases. In particular, the course analyzes the acute, chronic and reparative inflammatory reaction and the fundamental mechanisms that regulate the immune system.
The course also aims to provide students with knowledge of cell physiopathology and of metabolic, cardiovascular and neoplastic diseases.

At the end of the General Pathology Course, students will need to know how to frame the etiopathogenesis of human diseases, classifying them in the fundamental groups (cardiovascular, metabolic, immune, neoplastic, etc.).
In particular, the students should be able to identify, for each pathological aspect, a molecular / cellular / tissue cause, indicating the primary etiological agent. It also requires that the fundamental pathogenetic mechanisms of the diseases addressed be understood.